Peitree Resort is a well-executed example of the meaningful shift in interest emerging within the hospitality industry in China. This eco-resort clearly moves away from the more ubiquitous, large-scale and highly embellished Chinese tourism experiences and welcomes guests into a setting with a more Zen-like relationship between landscape and built form, between people and nature, and between history and modernity. Working with DDB Architects and BEING Studio, PFS Studio and its China-based affiliate Conglian have created a small-scale utopian retreat, offering visitors respite from the hustle and bustle of urban China by reconnecting them to serene, natural surroundings and local culture. The project blends a seamless indoor/outdoor experience while dramatically improving several degraded, on-site water courses, reviving abandoned agricultural fields, and delivering a compelling and modern interpretation of the history of this place, drawing upon the best the Anji region has to offer.
